Patents by Inventor Bryant A. Jones

Bryant A. Jones has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 11938411
    Abstract: A swinging playground device includes a swing platform. The swinging playground device also includes a skirt coupled to the swinging platform and fills an area below the swinging platform as the swinging platform moves in a swinging motion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Date of Patent: March 26, 2024
    Assignee: Landscape Structures Inc.
    Inventors: Bryant A Jones, Darryl T Wrolson, Matthew A Tschann, Thomas L Keller, Kent D. Wuchterl
  • Publication number: 20240082017
    Abstract: An implant delivery device may include an implant holding portion proximate the distal end, the implant holding portion being configured to retain a sheet-like implant during implantation of the implant. In addition, the implant holding portion may be configured to receive the implant with a fixed implant supporting flange member configured to support the implant on one side, and a movable implant supporting flange member. The movable implant supporting flange member may be configured to be slidable between a distal position and a proximal position, wherein, in the distal position, the movable implant supporting flange member and secures the implant against the fixed implant supporting flange member, and in the proximal position, the movable implant supporting flange member is withdrawn from the distal end of the implant delivery device, thus enabling release of the implant.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2023
    Publication date: March 14, 2024
    Inventors: R. Sean Churchill, Robert J. Ball, Douglas Snell, Isaac Running, Christopher K. Jones, Brandon Bryant
  • Publication number: 20220062780
    Abstract: A swinging playground device includes a swing platform. The swinging playground device also includes a skirt coupled to the swinging platform and fills an area below the swinging platform as the swinging platform moves in a swinging motion.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 19, 2021
    Publication date: March 3, 2022
    Inventors: Bryant A. JONES, Darryl T. WROLSON, Matthew A. TSCHANN, Thomas L. KELLER, Kent D. WUCHTERL
  • Patent number: 11077329
    Abstract: A play system includes a support structure, having a bottom end and a top end, vertically oriented relative to a surface such that the bottom end contacts the surface and the top end is above the surface. The play system includes a belt having flexible portions and rigid portions that forms an ascending structure around the inside of the support structure such that it ascends from the bottom end of the support structure to the top end of the support structure. The play system includes a plurality of clamps that couple the support structure and the belt.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2021
    Assignee: Landscape Structures Inc.
    Inventors: Bryant A. Jones, Thomas L. Keller, Timothy P. Kelly
  • Patent number: 11028901
    Abstract: A system for tensioning a rope of a play structure includes a collar coupled to the play structure. The system includes a tensioner coupled to the rope. The tensioner is coupled to the collar through a threaded connection and where a rotation of the tensioner in relation to the collar adjusts a tension in the rope.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2021
    Assignee: Landscape Structures Inc.
    Inventors: Bryant A. Jones, Aaron Nelson
  • Publication number: 20200384303
    Abstract: A play system includes a support structure, having a bottom end and a top end, vertically oriented relative to a surface such that the bottom end contacts the surface and the top end is above the surface. The play system includes a belt having flexible portions and rigid portions that forms an ascending structure around the inside of the support structure such that it ascends from the bottom end of the support structure to the top end of the support structure. The play system includes a plurality of clamps that couple the support structure and the belt.
    Type: Application
    Filed: June 5, 2019
    Publication date: December 10, 2020
    Inventors: Bryant A. JONES, Thomas L. KELLER, Timothy P. KELLY
  • Publication number: 20190346019
    Abstract: A system for tensioning a rope of a play structure includes a collar coupled to the play structure. The system includes a tensioner coupled to the rope. The tensioner is coupled to the collar through a threaded connection and where a rotation of the tensioner in relation to the collar adjusts a tension in the rope.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 10, 2019
    Publication date: November 14, 2019
    Inventors: Bryant A. Jones, Aaron Nelson
  • Patent number: 10427057
    Abstract: A swing seat is presented. The swing seat comprises a first user seat with a first user frame and a first user seating area. The swing seat also comprises a second user seat with a second user frame and a second user seating area. The swing seat also comprises a connection mechanism configured to couple the first user frame to the second user frame. Each of the first and second user seats comprises a connection feature configured to connect to a swing frame.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2019
    Assignee: Landscape Structures Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas L. Keller, Bryant A. Jones
  • Publication number: 20180221776
    Abstract: A swing seat is presented. The swing seat comprises a first user seat with a first user frame and a first user seating area. The swing seat also comprises a second user seat with a second user frame and a second user seating area. The swing seat also comprises a connection mechanism configured to couple the first user frame to the second user frame. Each of the first and second user seats comprises a connection feature configured to connect to a swing frame.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Publication date: August 9, 2018
    Inventors: Thomas L. Keller, Bryant A. Jones
  • Patent number: 6578642
    Abstract: A trailing attachment for a deep tillage implement is supported from the implement frame by transversely spaced four-bar linkages extending rearwardly from the frame. Single acting hydraulic cylinders are pressurized to lift and adjust the attachment. A breather plug and a U-shaped hose allow air to be pushed from the rod end as each cylinder extends. To lower the trailing attachment, an SCV is moved to open the base ends of the cylinders to the return line of the hydraulic system, and the weight of the attachment moves the tools into ground engagement. If vertical lifting force exceeds attachment weight during operation, air is pushed out through the breather plug and a vacuum is drawn in the base ends so the attachment can lift to avoid excessive forces, even if the SCV is in neutral and blocking fluid flow into the base ends.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 17, 2003
    Assignee: Deere & Company
    Inventors: Philip David Cox, Matthew Bryant Jones, James Franklin Bierl
  • Publication number: 20030015327
    Abstract: A trailing attachment for a deep tillage implement is supported from the implement frame by transversely spaced four-bar linkages extending rearwardly from the frame. Single acting hydraulic cylinders are pressurized to lift and adjust the attachment. A breather plug and a U-shaped hose allow air to be pushed from the rod end as each cylinder extends. To lower the trailing attachment, an SCV is moved to open the base ends of the cylinders to the return line of the hydraulic system, and the weight of the attachment moves the tools into ground engagement. If vertical lifting force exceeds attachment weight during operation, air is pushed out through the breather plug and a vacuum is drawn in the base ends so the attachment can lift to avoid excessive forces, even if the SCV is in neutral and blocking fluid flow into the base ends.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 18, 2001
    Publication date: January 23, 2003
    Applicant: Deere & Company, a Delaware corporaion
    Inventors: Philip David Cox, Matthew Bryant Jones, James Franklin Bierl